Red Light Radio was an online radio station and international musicplatform based in Amsterdam’s Red Light District. From 2010 to 2020 Red LightRadio broadcast daily shows of local and international artists, and was involved withparties & concerts and collaborations with festivals, museums & othercultural partners all over the world.
The main goal of the station was to spread undergroundmusic gems. The station broadcast approximately 40 different liveshows every week. These were streamed live and then available on demandon the website and RLR Mixcloud/Soundcloud pages. Through the years RLR built aglobal community with music lovers and fans.
RLR ended its daily radio shows in mid-2020, saying it had "always been aware" its Oudekerksplein location was temporary, but Covid lockdowns had "accelerated the inevitable goodbye."[1]
The location of the radio studio was in a former brothel in the heartof Amsterdam's Red Light District. They shared the building with manyAmsterdam creatives and the record stores Red Light Records & VintageVoudou. The radio studio was right behind a window between theprostitutes at the Oudekerksplein, next to Amsterdam's oldestbuilding, the Oude Kerk.
Red Light Radio also travelled with a mobile studio to broadcastfrom different locations. There were dozens of collaborationswith cultural partners and events. There were live broadcastsfrom parties, museums, festivals and other spaces. Next to Holland,the station visited China, Russia, USA, Switzerland, Germany,France, Italy, Spain, Sweden & Turkey for several radio broadcasts andevents.
Over the years Red Light Radio had many international guests at theirstation including live sessions & DJ-sets by Allah-Las, Andrew WK,Charanjit Singh, Chelsea Wolfe, Connan Mockasin, Death, Dirty Fences, Frits Wentink,Homeboy Sandman, J Mascis, Joey Anderson, John Cooper Clarke,Jonwayne, Joy Orbison, Mac DeMarco, Marcellus Pittman, Max D, Wooden Shjips, Nisennenmondai, NOFX, Nothing, Optimo, Peaking Lights, Randomer,Ron Morelli, Seth Troxler, Shabazz Palaces, Silent Servant, Solar,Suuns, Suzanne Kraft, The Gaslamp Killer, The Shrine, The Soft Moon,Traxx, Vakula, Veronica Vasicka, Viet Cong & Wooden Wisdom.
In 2015 Red Light Radio won Mixcloud's Best Online Radio Station awardand visited the International Radio Festival in Zürich in August 2015.